Outdoor cooking is good so as not to add extra heat to the main house…though appreciate in the Uk if you’re in a terrace with a smallish garden and everyone decides on the same day to light up the coals it’s gonna get smoky and smelly potentially…
Clearly never eaten a cracking piece of bbq, or an amazing grilled burger over coals, or even your condescending use of gas.Originally Posted by RobDad
Indoors is never going to compare, and if you’re worried about smoke, you’d not get your skillet hot enough to create a char, as your likely too worried about fat splatter.
Genuine question, are your burger patties grey after cooking?
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I’d agree. I get very little smoke off either the gas or charcoal BBQ. In this weather we use it a few times a week. Can’t beat a rotisserie chicken or pork. Saves in electricity costs and keeps the heat out of the kitchen.
Do the burgers come in a bag, by any chance?
I understand your personal circumstances may dictate your preferences but a proper bbq doesn’t need to smoke beyond the lighting phase and tastes significantly different from your oven. And that before we go into slow and low.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Apparently some of the recent fires have been started deliberately.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...-fire-24534913
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Ah, the smell of bbq lighters drifting across the gardens. The lovely smell of summer.
A bbq lighter that smells usually belongs to the same people whose bbq smoke abundantly while they char their raw chicken over raging flames.
But they do exist.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
I think this has drifted away from my main issue with discarded disposable barbecues being forest fires tbh!
But seeing as you ask, I don’t understand the fascination with barbecues - lots of men wax lyrical about it, to me it’s just another type of cooking, it’s usually the wrong weather for it here in the UK, and I’m afraid I don’t eat burgers at all. Lots of money and enthusiasm around cooking big bits of meat in the garden. Each to their own!
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Haha! - no, I choose not to eat burgers
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Last few days - hottest weather on record, today my birthday - it's pissing it down
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Many happy returns all the sameLast few days - hottest weather on record, today my birthday - it's pissing it down
Sorry but that made me laugh.Last few days - hottest weather on record, today my birthday - it's pissing it down
Happy birthday!
Bon anniversaire !
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Happy Birthday amigo.Last few days - hottest weather on record, today my birthday - it's pissing it down
We do the opposite-cook outside then bring the food in. Mj2k recommended a great one with a hob on the side and my wife did curry there other day. Sod stinking there kitchen out for 3 days.
I'm late to the party, hope you have had a good one regardless of the weather!Last few days - hottest weather on record, today my birthday - it's pissing it down
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Many happy returns all the sameThanks fellas, much appreciated.I'm late to the party, hope you have had a good one regardless of the weather!
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Out in Murcia with our friends at their Villa. We drove up to Murcia town yesterday it was the hottest part of Spain at 46c although we did see a Temperature reading outside the Pharmacist which said 50c. When we got back to the car the temperature readout was a barmy 56c
The temperature readout in a stationary car isn't really reliable
This ^. I've seen 35 plus degrees on the readout in a carpark, dropping to 24 or whatever the real temperature is within the first mile or less.
Agreed.
The official recorded temp for yesterday was 46c. It was so hot it burnt your nostrils
Some interesting facts about the last heatwave, particularly 100's may have died....
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-heatwa...study-12660683
Not going to be as hot as last time but we're on for a another warm week.
Same here. 35C+ starting on Thursday and it will stay hot for at least 4 days.
Again, we haven’t had substantial rain since the 2nd week of March.
Travelled to our office in Paddington for the first time in about 7 weeks due to a variety of reasons; heat, covid (myself and others) and meetings all being in other countries.
8am, I’m the only person there. 9am, still the same. Joined by a couple of members from other teams that I’ve never seen before.
Heading home on the train to let the heat out of my house and WFH this afternoon. Madness. To be fair, standing on the platform in the sunshine at 7.20 am was about all I could cope with, my body can’t deal with the heat at all.
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Saw that.
I don't like the cold but the temperatures in the South East recently are ridiculous.
Cheers,
Neil.
I lived in the UAE for five years so it's not that bad for me, except here the sun burns you a lot quicker than in the middle east.
That doesn't make sense, as UV strength will be greatest at the equator and reduce towards the poles.
I too find it's a very different kind of heat out there, temperatures are much higher but don't seem to affect me in anywhere near the same way as they do at home, I don't think its simply down to the lack of A/C in the UK.
After the idiotic abuse TV weather presenters got last time (as if it's their fault that it's hot!), it was interesting to see the different way they're talking about the risks and impact of the hot weather this time around. It was clearly a deliberate attempt to avoid the 'nanny state' bollocks the hard of thinking come up with, with far more focus on real-world impacts and considerations. Sad really they have to do this, but interesting to see the difference in tone and content.
Altitude at the equator is a double whammy, especially as it might not feel particularly warm. The UV index in Bogotá is often 10 or 11, in the UK it rarely exceeds 7.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Much cooler in Scotland?
I think it's because no one does anything outside during summer in the UAE, generally, it's only during winter/spring/autumn when people spend a lot of time outside.
I'm based in mid-wales, it's still a lot cooler than down south, I was in Kent today and it was toasty!
nope it’s really hot up here. Reached 17c at the weekend.Also lots of rain over the last few weeks. The west coast of Argyll never fails to disappoint.
Actually - I’m jealous!nope it’s really hot up here. Reached 17c at the weekend.
Fail to plan...
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...99d39fc56f286a
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
I'm traveling from cooler Darlington to boiling Surrey tomorrow.
Out of the frying pan into the fire! 🥵
'kin ell...privatise the profit and socialise the losses/grief.
Travelling in to Blighty tomorrow evening...turns out you can't hire a car when we land...would've took a daytime flight but there's no daytime flights presumably cos of the cancellations due to shortages of staff...Not even set foot on the auld sod and it's already gotten kafkaesque...bracing for a week of possible delays and stuff not working as it should.
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"fastest growing economy in the G7" we will have you know.
CHORTLE...wasn't it for all of about a month back in the early Spring and I understood the boosteristic sentiment was that this early sprint off the blocks would be sustainable and see Blighty leave johnny Forriner for dust...Nowadays just 4 or 5 months on, Blighty has the fastest/ furthest shrinking, that's apart from the Ivans of course but then they've a war on, sanctions to cope with.
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Rather than cook on the outskirts of London, and with the kids away, literally at 7pm last night the missus said let’s pack the tent and escape the heat for a few days.
So, spur of the moment decision but we are now sitting on a campsite overlooking the sea a few miles from Salcombe.
Will come back on Sunday/Monday when the heat has gone.
What a great idea, enjoy!
Excellent idea - except for the tent bit.
The tent is the best bit! I had 9 hours unbroken sleep and the missus had 10. She said it was the best sleep she has had in weeks.
My secret to camping is NEVER go if the forecast is for rain or cold. We always go on spec if there is a spell of unbroken sunshine.
Our air bed is dressed as we would our bed at home. Egyptian cotton sheets, light goose down duvet and feather pillows.
We are sitting on a hilltop with an unbroken view to Looe, Megavissey and Roseland peninsula some 20-40 miles into the distance across the sea. If it was a hotel you would be paying hundreds of pounds per night just for the views alone.
You should try it.
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